http://www.ikonsf.com/blog a community of faith, beauty, and generosity Mon, 07 May 2012 01:50:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Audio archives for the soul. This podcast contains the teachings and discussions about spirituality from IKON Christian Community in San Francisco. For more information about who we are and where we meet log onto http://ikonsf.com. IKON Christian Community no IKON Christian Community podcast@ikonsf.com podcast@ikonsf.com (IKON Christian Community) 2009 a community of faith, beauty, and generosity spirituality, IKON, sermon, teaching, Aaron Monts, christianity, podcast, Jesus, san francisco, bible http://www.ikonsf.com/_images/IKON-rss.png http://www.ikonsf.com/blog http://www.ikonsf.com/blog/2012/05/06/for-the-city-me-others-aaron-monts/ http://www.ikonsf.com/blog/2012/05/06/for-the-city-me-others-aaron-monts/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 01:50:26 +0000 jason http://www.ikonsf.com/blog/?p=732 http://www.ikonsf.com/blog/2012/05/06/for-the-city-me-others-aaron-monts/feed/ 0 podcast This is week 5 of our series For The City. This week we have a conversation about how we can do the work of mending our relationships with others. This is week 5 of our series For The City. This week we have a conversation about how we can do the work of mending our relationships with others. IKON Christian Community no http://www.ikonsf.com/blog/2012/04/24/for-the-city-me-me-aaron-monts/ http://www.ikonsf.com/blog/2012/04/24/for-the-city-me-me-aaron-monts/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:35:52 +0000 jason http://www.ikonsf.com/blog/?p=730 http://www.ikonsf.com/blog/2012/04/24/for-the-city-me-me-aaron-monts/feed/ 0 podcast This is week 3 of For The City. This week we focus on the separation we have with ourselves, our mind. - NOTE: week 2's podcast was not recorded..we apologize This is week 3 of For The City. This week we focus on the separation we have with ourselves, our mind. NOTE: week 2's podcast was not recorded..we apologize IKON Christian Community no http://www.ikonsf.com/blog/2012/04/10/for-the-city-the-gospel-aaron-monts/ http://www.ikonsf.com/blog/2012/04/10/for-the-city-the-gospel-aaron-monts/#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:05:19 +0000 jason http://www.ikonsf.com/blog/?p=728 http://www.ikonsf.com/blog/2012/04/10/for-the-city-the-gospel-aaron-monts/feed/ 0 podcast This is beginning of our conversation called "For The City". The Gospel has often been presented as Good News in regards to our separation between God and Us but really what we see in scripture is a broader picture of separation. - “Take Christmas away, This is beginning of our conversation called "For The City". The Gospel has often been presented as Good News in regards to our separation between God and Us but really what we see in scripture is a broader picture of separation. “Take Christmas away, and in biblical terms you lose two chapters at the front of Matthew and Luke, nothing else. Take Easter away, and you don’t have a New Testament; you don’t have a Christianity; as Paul says, you are still in your sins. We shouldn’t allow the secular world, with its schedules and habits and parareligious events, its cute Easter bunnies, to blow us off course. This is our greatest day. We should put the flags out.” - N.T. Wright, Surprised By Hope IKON Christian Community no http://www.ikonsf.com/blog/2012/04/03/pause-converting-the-church-sending-kim-hammond/ http://www.ikonsf.com/blog/2012/04/03/pause-converting-the-church-sending-kim-hammond/#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2012 22:32:59 +0000 jason http://www.ikonsf.com/blog/?p=726 http://www.ikonsf.com/blog/2012/04/03/pause-converting-the-church-sending-kim-hammond/feed/ 0 podcast This gathering we feature a guest talk with Kim Hammond, a friend and the national director of Forge America. Kim shares a challenge to return to the centered nature of the gospel, letting our awe and love of God spread and send us into the world on m... This gathering we feature a guest talk with Kim Hammond, a friend and the national director of Forge America. Kim shares a challenge to return to the centered nature of the gospel, letting our awe and love of God spread and send us into the world on mission. IKON Christian Community no http://www.ikonsf.com/blog/2012/03/20/pause-converting-the-church-self-sufficiency-aaron-monts/ http://www.ikonsf.com/blog/2012/03/20/pause-converting-the-church-self-sufficiency-aaron-monts/#comments Tue, 20 Mar 2012 19:45:49 +0000 jason http://www.ikonsf.com/blog/?p=724 http://www.ikonsf.com/blog/2012/03/20/pause-converting-the-church-self-sufficiency-aaron-monts/feed/ 0 podcast We actually have what we need as a community. We need to start taking care of ourselves financially, but also with our gifts and roles. We need to step up and get involved in furthering the movement of Jesus through IKON. We actually have what we need as a community. We need to start taking care of ourselves financially, but also with our gifts and roles. We need to step up and get involved in furthering the movement of Jesus through IKON. Generosity connects us and it connects others with the story of Grace. This is a get to, not a have to...This is not a duty this is our opportunity... An opportunity to "Build a church you'd be proud to have your friends be a part of." IKON Christian Community no http://www.ikonsf.com/blog/2012/03/13/pause-converting-the-church-biblical-community-aaron-monts/ http://www.ikonsf.com/blog/2012/03/13/pause-converting-the-church-biblical-community-aaron-monts/#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:50:26 +0000 jason http://www.ikonsf.com/blog/?p=722 http://www.ikonsf.com/blog/2012/03/13/pause-converting-the-church-biblical-community-aaron-monts/feed/ 0 podcast Belonging is not Biblical Community. - "In community we learn what it means to confess our weakness and to forgive each other. In community we discover our own woundedness, but also a place of healing. In community we learn true humility. Belonging is not Biblical Community. "In community we learn what it means to confess our weakness and to forgive each other. In community we discover our own woundedness, but also a place of healing. In community we learn true humility. Without community, we become individualistic and egocentric. Therefore, spiritual formation always includes formation to life in community." - Henri Nouwen We must move from Belonging, which is often "Community for Me" to "Me for Community" which is through Love, Consistency, Worship and Authenticity. We can only reach authenticity when we move from love, to consistent gatherings to worship that disrupts our life. IKON Christian Community no http://www.ikonsf.com/blog/2012/03/04/pause-converting-the-church-confession-aaron-monts/ http://www.ikonsf.com/blog/2012/03/04/pause-converting-the-church-confession-aaron-monts/#comments Mon, 05 Mar 2012 04:45:18 +0000 jason http://www.ikonsf.com/blog/?p=720 http://www.ikonsf.com/blog/2012/03/04/pause-converting-the-church-confession-aaron-monts/feed/ 0 podcast The first century church had a reputation vastly different from our modern church reputation. Converting the Church | Confession is about getting back to the root of this first century church and beginning the difficult work of integrating your life; ... The first century church had a reputation vastly different from our modern church reputation. Converting the Church | Confession is about getting back to the root of this first century church and beginning the difficult work of integrating your life; no longer compartmentalizing Jesus and the Church. Dionysius, c. 260AD penned this regarding the early Christian church: "Most of our brother Christians showed unbounded love and loyalty, never sparing themselves and thinking only of one another. Heedless of danger, they took charge of the sick, attending to their every need and ministering to them in Christ…" Recent studies published in the book UNCHRISTIAN show that Christians are now regarded most often as: Hypocritical, Judgmental, "Get Saved!" (or you can go to hell), Anti-homosexual, Sheltered, Too Political, All talk. These are vastly different. For most of us, being a Christian is a compartmentalized thing that we cast aside until it's time to be around other Christians. Church is a safe place for you to be a Christian but that is not what we read about in the early church. It's time to be fully in on Jesus for some of us. For others it's time to take the step. Commit your life fully to Him through Baptism. For even others it might be as simple as beginning telling people what you did this weekend, and for once including "I went to church and we served our neighbors on 6th St." We must move towards integration if we ever desire to accomplish our mission of uniting people with Jesus to change the world they inhabit. IKON Christian Community no